COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION



FISCAL NOTE



L.R. No.: 4131-02

Bill No.: SB 1343

Subject: Taxation and Revenue; Economic Development; Enterprise Zones.

Type: Original

Date: March 9, 2004




FISCAL SUMMARY



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Total Estimated

Net Effect on

General Revenue

Fund

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Total Estimated

Net Effect on Other

State Funds

$0 $0 $0



Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.

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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

Federal Funds

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Local Government $0 $0

$0





FISCAL ANALYSIS



ASSUMPTION



Officials from the Department of Revenue assume the proposal would have no fiscal impact on their agency.



Officials from the Office of Administration - Budget and Planning assume the proposal should not result in additional costs or savings to their agency. However, the proposal may have a negative impact on general revenue and total state revenue.



Officials from the City of Springfield assume the proposal would have no fiscal impact on them.



Officials from the Department of Economic Development (DED) state this bill amends 135.215, RSMo, to allow an extension of the "local abatement incentive" in the 69 enterprise zones past the current timeframe (25 years from the date of zone designation) allowed in the state statute. DED assumes the proposal would have no fiscal impact on state revenues since the bill deals with the abatement of local property taxes.



Officials from the City of Independence did not respond to our request for fiscal impact.



ASSUMPTION (continued)



Oversight assumes this proposal extends the length of time that a company would receive property tax abatement from the local political subdivisions in an enterprise zone for the difference in time between the date the zone was established by DED to the date the exemption was granted by the local political subdivisions. Oversight assumes this would result in a loss in property tax revenue for local political subdivisions whenever the twenty five year exemption period expired.



The original enterprise zone legislation was passed in 1982, with the first enterprise zones being approved and established by the Department of Economic Development no earlier than 1983. Therefore, the 25 year period would not expire until 2008, which is beyond the scope of this fiscal note. Therefore, for purposes of the fiscal note, Oversight assumes no fiscal impact.





FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 2005

(10 Mo.)

FY 2006 FY 2007
$0 $0 $0





FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 2005

(10 Mo.)

FY 2006 FY 2007
$0 $0 $0





FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business



Small businesses that are getting enterprise zone benefits may get an extension of their property tax abatement as a result of this proposal.













DESCRIPTION



This proposal modifies the expiration of an enterprise zone to be 25 years after the exemption for the zone was granted. Current law bases the 25 year period on the original designation of the enterprise zone by the Department of Economic Development.



This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION



Department of Economic Development

Department of Revenue

Office of Administration - Budget and Planning

City of Springfield



NOT RESPONDING: City of Independence











Mickey Wilson, CPA

Director

March 9, 2004